Delhi panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 12:46 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam 11:00 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:08
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:26 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:08
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 07:09 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:19 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:26 – 20:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 07:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:08 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:43 – 11:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:00 – 12:17 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 14:51 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:08 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:09 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:51 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:09 next day | Avoid |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 06:59 next day Scorpio
- 06:59 – 07:09 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method